Mat 8. 1897. J 
FOREST AND STREAM, 
8 79 
The Richmond Interstate. 
The SECOrd target tournament on the Interstate's circuit for the 
season of 1897 was held at Richmond, Va., April 38-29. As to the suc- 
cess or otherwise of this tournament, there can be but one opinion ; 
it was as nice a shoot as any we have ever attended, while the num- 
ber of new shooters present showed that the missionary work of the 
Interstate Association was sowing good seed in the South. Of course 
there were a few of the old stand-bys present, but the ammunition 
and gun nen were conspicuous by their absence. Of the 40 or 
more shooters on the grounds during the two days of the tourna- 
ment not more than four could be classed as manufacturers' agents. 
These were: H. P. Collins, of Baltimore, the Southern agent of the 
T'u Pont and Hazard powder companies; U. M. 0. Thomas, of the 
Union Metallic Cartridge Co., Bridgeport, Conn. ; Ferd. Van Dyke, 
Dayton, N. J., representing the Winchester Repeating Arms Co., of 
New Haven, Conn., and shooting W A powder to the front; T. H. 
Keller, Plainfleld, ^f. J., representing King's Smokeless and Peters's 
Victor shells. 
MANY NEW FACES. 
Of the otlter three dozen shooters, many had never been to a tour- 
nament before; and this is just the class that the Interstate wants to 
catch and make converts of. It made many converts in Bichmond 
and added to the band of disciples whicli it can lay claim to in the 
Sunny South. Without fear of any charge of flattery, we can state 
safely that the work of the Interstate Association during the past 
three or four years has done more to boom the sport of trap-shooting 
in that section of the country than all other causes combined. And 
as ic has helped the sport in other citieis, so it is in Eichmond; the 
West End Gun Club and the local shooters will feel the influence of 
the impetus given to the sport by the tournament of April 28-29 will 
be felt for many months to come. Before that influence has died out, 
it is to be'hoped that the club will try again, and give the local boys a 
chance of trying their hands against some of the be.st shots in "the 
adjoining States. 
THE WEST END GUN CLUB, 
The West End Gun Club, the local club under whose auspices the 
tournament was given, has never held a tournament prior to this ef- 
fort. It was absolutely new to the business, but it handled its guests 
in a manner that reflects considerable credit upon the tact of its 
members. Somehow or other there was a homelike feeling about 
this tournament; everybody seemed to know everybody else, and 
everybody seemed to be good friends V9ith>verybody else. Also this 
shoot seemed to be a shoot for sport, no' money-grabbing and no 
kicking— at least not much, and that little quite uncalled for, but not 
altogether unexpected. Some people never are satisfied, and the 
West End Gun Club never hoped to please everybody; it did, bow- 
ever, please the vast majority of its guests by the manner in which it 
treated all alike, playing no favorites. 
To people accustomed to attend tournaments, it may seem a simple 
matter to get up a shoot and run it successfully. Such, however, is 
far from the ca.se, and it is no small feather in the cap of the man- 
agement of the West End Gun Club that the two-days' shoot on April 
28-^9 turned out so satisfactorily. We believe the bulk of the credit 
is mainly due to the efforts of President W. A. Hammond, Secretary 
E L. Hewitt, Messrs. W. C. Lynham, J C. Tignor and Harper Deane, 
Sr. If we have omitted anybody's name, the omission is uninten- 
tional, and an apology for such must be taken as going with the 
above remarks. 
On the first day all shooters and spectators were invited to be the 
guests of the club at lunch This lunch was served by Bill Snellings, 
a caterer of no mean repute in the city of Richmond, and who now 
■ resides at Blandon Park and has charge of the club house there. 
Another good feature of Mr. Snellings's menage is the plethora of 
mint, cracked ice and strawberries within his domain. To a North- 
erner the above may sound like an enigma; Southerners (and particu- 
larly ' members of Pickett's brigade," as Col. Anthony would say) 
ivill need no explanation. 
GROUNDS AND ARBANOEMENTS. 
The grounds of the West End Gun Club can be reached from the 
center of the city in le.ss than half an hour. Frequent electric cars 
run to the terminus of the Broad street line, at Blandon Park, within 
a qiiarter of a mile of the grounds.- Ther background is quite decep- 
tive, and many a target was dropped through being momentarily 
lost sight of in "those cedars to the *lsht," "that high tree yonder,'' 
or "in those trees to the left." To look at the grounds without a gun 
in your hands, you'd say that the baekglmmd was a good one; so it 
would be if the targets were "skyers," But with low-thrown targets 
it needed close watching and strict attention to business to make good 
scores. 
The trees above referred to were a long way off, and at first one 
would not think they could cause any trouble". The field, however, 
beyond the traps sloped off to a high board fence, weather beaten 
and weather stained. Prom that fence the ground rose gradually for 
perhaps 400 or .MOyds., and was finally fringed on the right with 
cedars, a few high trees aad some houses: on the left with trees- 
jus^ trees and nothing else. When the targets left the traps they 
tkimmed over the dip in the field and climbed the gray fence and 
grassy slope; then, if a right-quarterer, it was mighty apt to be lost 
for a moment in "those cedars;" if a left quarterer, "in those trees;" 
if a straightaway, it went up against the sky and was a pudding. 
We had lots of excuses for missed targets, and several of us needed 
those excuses badly. 
THE MAGAtJTRAP WAS THERE. 
The above remarks refer .^oleIy to the background for the set of 
bluerock expert traps placed in position in the club's pits by Manager 
Shaner. Oddly enough the background for the magautrap, which 
was located only a few feet to the right of No. 5 trap, was a good one. 
But the magautrap was not used for any of the programme events. 
Manager Shaner decided, and we think decided wisely, that it would 
be rather unfair to make those who had never shot over the magau- 
tmp, stack up against those who had had considerable practice at that 
style of shooting. He announced that all programme events would 
be shot on the set of expert traps, and that when the programme was 
completed extra events would be shot over the magautrap. As no 
more than nine events were shot on the first day the magautrap 
stood idle all day, much to the disappointment of many who had 
come out to see one trap do the work of five. One event being left 
over from the first day, this necessitated eleven events being decided 
on the second day; and after these eleven events were disposed of, 
there was only time and opportunity to finish one full extra on the 
magautrap. 
It may sound queer that only 9 15-target events wexe shot on the 
first day, with an opening extra to start the ball —a total of 150 tar- 
gets per man. But this tournament was not like others. Here the 
West End Gun Club was not particular about throwing several thou- 
sands of bluerocks, so as to come out even, or maybe a bit ahead. 
On the contrary, it requested Mr. Shaner to go slow and not to hurry 
anybody, so that shooters might feel that they were having some fun 
and not merely attending to business. As a result, things moved 
slowly and the programme was not finished. 
The accommodations for shooters were ample provided the weather 
was fine; and fine and warm it was; warm enough for the middle of 
June; delightful weather to shoot in, provided you were not hurried. 
No preparations had been made, however, for putting the cashier in 
a cage, where he might be looked at but not svuTounded and plagued 
to death, as an unprotected cashier always must be. This little mat- 
ter caused some trouble, and Mr. Hewitt's scores suffered on the sec- 
ond day in consequence, as he and Edwards acted as assistants to 
Mr. W. 0. Lynham in the absence of the cashier of the first day— Mr: 
Stokes- wbo was scared from his post by the number of questions of 
all kinds that he was required to answer while totaling three or four 
columns of figures. Pres. Hammond also worked too hard on the 
second day for his figures to show up well. 
PREPARATION DAY. 
Tuesday afternoon, April 27, was not marked by much shooting. 
Quite a late start was made, but a few events were shot ofl' over both 
tue magautrap and the set of expert traps, H. P. Collins, W. Tell 
Mitchell, of Lynch's, Va., and F. S. Ed wares were the only strangers 
at work on this afternoon. Several members ot the home club were 
present, and good scores were made by W. fl. Colquitt, E. L. Hewitt, 
W. A. Hammond, A. Krouse and the D'eanes, both senior and junior. 
Harper Deane, Jr., shot very nicely and will surely make a good shot 
in the near future. As it is, he shoots as well as any lad of his age 
we know of, and can hold down many a man who has had treble his 
experience both in the field and at the trap. 
The weather on this date was exceedingly warm, and several men 
shot in their shirt sleeves, coats and sweaters being almost unbear- 
able. The prellmmary work on the magautrap showed up favorably 
against that which was done on the regular traps, far better scores 
as a rule being made on the magautrap than at the other set. The 
background above referred to had much to do with this in our 
estimation. 
AMONa THE YisrroRs. 
Amongthe visitors at this shoot were the foflowing, in addition to 
the four manufacturers' agents mentioned above: Col. Anthony, of 
Charlotte, N.C. ; Hood Waters, J. M. Hawkins, Dr, Lupus, Jim Mai one, 
Ed Coe and Gent, from Baltimore; Billy Wagner and A. S. Mattingley, 
Washington, D. C; Watkins L, Moorman and C. W. Scott, Lynch- 
burg, Va.: W. N.White and J. Thomas. Portsmouth, Va. ; W. Tell 
Mitchell, Lynch's, Va.; Dr. Wayman and Summeraon, Staunton, Va.; 
the Forest and Stream representative, New York city. 
The boihe club turned out in good force, and the showing made 
by many of them gives evidence of strong talent among the members 
of the West End Gun Club. 
GENERAL AVERACJES. 
The table of general averages, made up of those who shot through 
the programme on the two days of the shoot, is always interesting. 
Although only fourteen shooters went through all twenty events, 
shooting at a total of 300 targets each, there is still something worth 
noting. 
Ferd Van Dyke was, as might be expected, high for the two days 
with only one break less than 90 per cent. His work on the second 
day was rather an enigma, as it was curiously erratic at times. But 
then -"there were others." Edwards was second with three breaks 
less than Van Dyke and a psrcentage of 88.6. Hawkins was third, 
and led the "Oyster Squad," as Tom Keller termed the BaU.imoreans, 
by one break overMalone and Hood. Mitchell was sixth, Hewitt 
seventh and Harper Deane, Sr., eighth. The totals for each day, and 
the averages made, are given in the following table, each man, as 
stated above, having shot at -300 targets: 
1st day, 2d day. Total.Av'rage. 
The table below will show what else was done, and hovf the 
finished : 
boya 
Events; 
SCORES OF APRIL 29. 
^34 5 6 7 8 9 lO Shot at. 
869 
266 
259 
258 
268 
254 
249 
240 
237 
231 
233 
827 
210 
174 
89.6 
88 6 
86.3 
86 
86 
84.8 
83.. 3 
80 
79 
78 
77.6 
75.6 
70 
68 
F Van Dyke 133 131 
FS Ed wards 139 1S7 
JM Hawkins .........131 128 
W Hood.,.. 185 133 
J M Malone, 130 128 
WT Mitchell 1S3 131 
ELHewitt 183 117 
HDeane,Sr 183 117 
AS Mattingley,..,.,..,. , 119 118 
WWagner , 121 113 
UMC , 114 119 
Col Anthony.............. ............. 118 115 
W A Hammond...... ., 114 96 
HPCoUins .....i.t .« i ■■.■.«*■•.■■.. -81 93 
First Day, April 28. 
This was a regular steaming hot day in the opinion of the North- 
erners ; and even the natives found it just about the right thing to 
hunt for a shady spot and a cool drink at odd times. The light was 
trying to the eyes, and caused (he loss of several targets. 
Prior to the commencement of the shoot, Manager Shaner an- 
nounced that the home club desired to take things easily, as it did 
not care how many targets were thrown so long as its guests had a 
pleasant time. This was a novel feature in the way of tournament- 
giving, as most of those present had been accustomed to be hustled 
along at shoot* on account of the clubs desiring to make all the 
money they could by the sale of targets. Novel as the feature was it 
was a pleasant one, and showed the spirit of the West End Gun Club . 
True to his instructions Manager Shaner did not push things, and 
the result was an unfinished programme, event No. 10 having to be 
carried o ver to the next day. Entries ruled higher than was expected ; 
but this was largely due to several shooting "for birds." The figures 
given below show that thirty-eight shooters took part in one or more 
events, but as a m&tter of fact the entries for money would average 
about twenty -four in each event. 
A GOOD ENTRY LIST. 
A total of 4,020 targets were thrown on this day, which, together 
with the 315 thrown in No. 10 on the morning of April 29, made a total 
of 4,.8.35 for the ten programme events. The entries were as follows- 
No. 1, 33; No. 2, 33; No. 3, 35; No. 4, 34; No. 5. .34; No 6, 30; No. 7, S3; 
No. 8, 25; No. 9, 21 ; No. 10, 21. At the close of No. 6 event an effort 
-was made to finish the programme, and all those "in for birds" were 
cut out of the remaining events, unless there was another man or two 
•wanted to fill a broken squad. This accounts for the falling off in the 
en'ry lists The average for each of the ten events was 28.9. 
The race for first place was close all the way through. Van Dyke 
making a strong finish. At the end ot the ninth event, when shoot- 
ing stopped for the day, Edwards and Van Dyke were tied, with 11 
misses out of 135 shot at. The result in No. 10, shot, as above stated, 
on the morning of AprU 29. put Edwards 1 target in the lead for first 
average on the first day's programme. E. L. Hewitt, secretary of 
the home club, won third place with an average of 88 per cent., the 
result of some consistently good shooting. Fourth and fifth places 
went to Hawkins and Malone, respectively, with averages of 87.8 and 
86.6. Hood made a poor start and never came fully up to his form, 
ending up in sixth place with 83.3. 
OTHERS WERE IN IT, TOO. 
Another member of the West End Gun Club who shot consistently 
well was Harper Deane, Sr., who tied VV. Tell Mitchell for seventh 
and eighth p'aces with an average of 82 per cent. Billy Wagner who 
Phot a regular gait in the first seven events, fell down badly in the 
last three events and spoiled his average. He was the only other 
shooter, in addition to those mentioned above, to finish with 80 per 
cent, or better for all the programme events. Col. Anthony was in 
nothing like his old form, and besides that he had a hoodoo on No 4 
trap that worried him badly every time he faced that trap. Du Pont 
Collins, although suffering from a raging headache all day, shot in 
every event rather than show the white feather. The result of that 
headache may be noticed in his scores. Mr. Moorman, of Lynch- 
burg, had the bad luck to break his gun in the first event, and spent 
the rest of the day experimenting with other guns of different makes 
This naturally dia not give him much of a show. 
Although all events were at 15 targets each, unknown angles 
straights were scarce, which shows that there was something tricky 
in the background. Personally we think that fully 90 per cent, of the 
lost targets were the result of over shooting. Tnis, with the peculiar 
background, was very liable to occur. 
Below are the scores and averages for the first day: 
SCORES OF APRIL S8. 
1S3456 78910 Shot at. Broke. Av 
Events: 
Edwards. , , . . 
Van Dyke 
Hewitt . 
Hawkins 
Malone 
Hood 
Dean, 8r 
Mitchell 
Wagner 
Mattingley.......... 
TJMO 
Hammond 
Anthony 
Lupus , 
Scott ■.,,.,i4..... 
Moorman 
Collins — 
Holman, 
Keller... 
Colquitt 
Boyd., .....J..!.. 
Gent. ... .......^ fr» . . .jfl- 
Coe .^..a-. . 
,J Thomas. , 
Sinton 
Lynham 
Deane, Jr 
White 
Wayman. 
Krouse 
G Powers , 
Su^nmerson. 
TUIer 
R Powers....... i,.,. 
AUen 
Tignor 
WN White 
Jones i , 
14 15 
14 14 
12 14 
13 13 
14.11 
9 12 
11 13 
12 10 
12 13 
8 12 
9 12 
12 14 
10 10 
12 11 
10 la 
9 8 
9 8 
14 9 
10 11 
12 12 
6 11 
5 13 
10 11 
.. 14 
8 9 
8 11 
7 8 
10 13 
10 11 
n Vi 
10 11 
13 12 
T & 
7 .. 
13 13 15 
14 14 11 
13 15 13 
15 12 14 
15 13 13 
12 13 13 
14 13 13 
12 13 10 
13 14 14 
12 12 12 
11 13 10 
11 11 10 
9 8 12 
13 14 9 
12 12 13 
10 10 8 
8 10 8 
12 15 13 
18 13 13 
10 13 12 
13 11 10 
8 9 8 
10 10 11 
12 12 12 
9 11 12 
. . 10 10 
11 11 a 
10 9 6 
10 11 12 
. . 10 10 
8 .. 10 
12 12 .. 
7 9.. 
13 
11 10 
6 .. 
6 .. 
.. 11 
13 13 
15 12 
12 14 
11 13 
13 14 
12 13 
13 13 
12 15 
13 12 
12 15 
10 14 
13 13 
13 11 
10 11 
12 7 
10 11 
7 4 
9 13 
11 13 
10 10 
12 9 
10 .. 
12 .. 
13 9 
10 
8 
11 
8 
14 14 15 
15 15 14 
14 13 12 
14 15 11 
11 II 15 
14 14 13 
10 II 13 
12 14 13 
10 10 10 
13 12 11 
12 11 12 
31 9 10 
13 13 
9 11 
11 10 
8 8 
13 
Vi 
13 .. 
11 11 
12 10 
10 9 
14 12 
11 .. 
12 .. 
12 
9 
8 r 
7 
10 
ia 
11 
■9 
9 
150 
150 
150 
150 
150 
150 
160 
150 
150 
150 
150 
150 
150 
150 
150 
150 
350 
1:15 
1.35 
135 
133 
135 
ISO 
103 
105 
105 
90 
90 
75 
75 
75 
60 
to 
45 
45 
46 
45 
15 
1.39 
13S 
VA-i 
131 
3.30 
125 
123 
123 
121 
119 
114 
114 
112 
112 
107 
94 
81 
106 
104 
101 
91 
86 
S3 
84 
71 
63 
67 
56 
53 
54 
47 
49 
82 
31 
!:9 
21 
11 
9i.6 
9j 
88 
87.3 
86. 6 
83.3 
82 
82 
S0.6 
79.3 
76 
76 
74.6 
74 6 
71.3 
62.6 
54 
78 5 
77 
74.8 
67.4 
63.7 
70.8 
80 
67.6 
89 
63.3 
62.2 
73.3 
7i 
63.6 
Hi.e 
5), 3 
6S.8 
64.4 
48. S 
46.6 
18.3 
Second Day, April 2.9. 
This was a hotter day than any of its three predecessors There 
was almost absolutely no breeze at all, and every condition was an 
parently favorable for large totals But, as often happens, the unex 
pected took place, and no shooting of any great excellence was done 
Hood's work, after his first two events, was by far the best record' 
and he honestly deserved his place at the head of the list for the 
second day. Mitchell and Van Dyke tied for second and third places 
Hawkins and Malone tieing for the next two places. ' 
The absence of a cashier had a demoralizing effect on the scores of 
one or two shooters, working and shooting not being good comnan- 
ions. Lynham, Hewitt and Edwards ran the cashier's ofiiee and it is 
perhaps worthy of note that so far no shortage has been discovered 
in the accounts to date ! As on the fii-st day, W. J. Lynham acted as 
referee, while Robt. F. Banks marked down the Is and Os on the score 
sheets. The blackboard work and the pulling was done by so manv 
different people that it would cake up too much space to credit all 
who helped with due notice. 
The shooting in many of the events was a curiosity. In No 1 there 
was no 15, and only one 14— Coe. In No. 3 there was only one 15— 
Hawkins, but six 14s. In each of Nos. 5, 6, 8 and 9 there was onlv one 
straight, as follows: In No. 5. Colquitt; No. 6, Van Dyke- No 8 
Hood; No. 9, Van Dyke. In No. 7, there was no 15, but four 14s aiid 
seven 13s. 
Hood 12 11 13 14 14 13 14 15 13 15 
Van Dyke 13 15 14 11 14 15 13 11 I.^ 10 
Mitchell............. 12 15 14 15 12 13 12 II 13 14 
Hawkins 9 13 15 12 13 13 13 l4 13 13 
Malone... ■. 11 14 14 15 12 11 13 14 13 11 
Edwards 13 14 11 10 13 14 11 12 14 15 
Coe 14 11 14 11 13 11 13 10 12 12 
UMC 13 12 11 13 11 11 14 11 12 11 
Mittiogley.......... 10 13 12 13 13 13 12 13 10 9 
Hevritt ., 11 14 13 10 12 10 10 11 12 14 
Deaae, Sr 11 11 13 13 12 12 11 13 12 9 
Anthony 13 11 13 H 10 10 13 13 13 8 
Wagner 9 13 13 14 12 13 10 13 10 6 
Hammond .......... 13 11 9 5 9 12 12 7 10 8 
Collins 7 10 13 14 9 12 6 8 9 6 
Gent , 11 12 14 11 13 13 13 13 13 
J Thomas 11 14 9 11 11 14 12 10 11 
Moorman 10 II 10 7 7 10 9.. .. 7 
Keller 13 14 14 12 13 13 14 
Colquitt .... 10 15 .. 11 10 14 10 
Lupus......... 11 12 10 11 13 10 
Scott 12 8 8 9 9 4 
Krouse 13 11 11 13 .... 14 
Sinton 10 9 II 10 .. .. 9 
Tignor 8 8 6 10 13 
Allen 5 8 .. 9 13 .. 7 ., 
W N White 8 7 .. 9 6 9 .. ., 
R Powers 13 13 14 
Holman 12 13 11 
Deane, Jr. .. 7 9 10 .... .. 
J Powers ...I. 8 7 10 \ \ 
Wayman .. 9 11 
Tiller 7 .. .. 6 .. .. 
Hazard, 6 
1.50 
1.50 
15) 
15) 
150 
151 
1.50 
15) 
150 
150 
150 
150 
150 
l50 
150 
135 
135 
120 
105 
90 
90 
90 
75 
75 
75 
75 
75 
45 
45 
45 
45 
30 
30 
15 
Broke. 
1.33 
131 
131 
1<;8 
123 
127 
121 
119 
118 
117 
117 
115 
113 
98 
93 
113 
105 
71 
91 
70 
66 
50 
62 
49 
44 
42 
.39 
40 
36 
26 
25 
20 
13 
6 
Av. 
8i.6 
87.3 
87.3 
85.3 
85.3 
84.6 
80.6 
79.3 
78.6 
78 
78 
76.6 
75.3 
64 
62 
83.7 
77.8 
59.2 
88.5 
77.7 
78.3 
55.5 
82.6 
65.3 
.58.6 
56 
52 
88.8 
80 
.57.7 
55.0 
66.6 
43.8 
40 
BRIEFS. 
Col. Anth9ny was not himself at all. In the first place, he came to 
the shoot with a load that was eminently fitted for quail shooting but 
worse than useless for smashing bluerocks when used by the Colonel 
who never takes a mean advantage of targets, but lets them get away 
off, as a rule. The rule at this tournament was "three targets at each 
score then move up." The Colonel always started at No 3 trap but 
on only one occasion out of his twenty efforts did he get past No 4 
trap without losing at least one out of the three from that trap He 
had a hoodoo at work somewhere, but couldn't locate it. He tried all 
sorts of loads and all sorts of powders, but the result was the same 
The hoodoo stayed by him untfl the end. aanxKD. 
On the second day the average entry per event was lust 24 1 This 
average would have been much larger, but in order to flni.sh the nro 
gramme all those who shot "for birds only" had to be cut out in the 
last four events. 
Three thousand six hundred and fifteen targets were thrown on the 
second day, making a total for the two days of 7,930 
in?'T shot in his old form on the second day; 93 breaks out of 
le^fa«en\ioVto\he^^^^ respectfully call Milt Linds- 
^■u^-J^- shot a very steady gait on the first day and landed in 
third place with 88 per cent. On the second day he f^ell off Sder 
ably, but there was good reason for this: he was working hard and 
two days of shooting is enougb for anybody, exceot the most t^aVrt 
ened crackerjack. The sti-ain of shooting is more than m^st pS 
imagine, and a man must be seasoned to stand it day after dav 
Harper Deane, Sr , and Harper Deane, Jr., are both good shots and 
both enthusiasts They are made of Just the right sort of matenarto 
help along any club, and the West End Gun Club has reason to nat 
nrid.^f^^n%r'i?i"di°on""'"'"*"^^ 
Pres. W. A Hanimond thought more of the success of the shoot 
and the comfort of the club's guests than of his own scores His 
willingness to lend a helping hand at all times did more than any- 
thing else to keep his average below the 80 per cent, mark 
Du Pont Collins says that he doesn't mind a headache if he cm 
only get a straight now and then ; but to sufter from a bad headache 
and then get out of the money doesn't amount to much in hTopin 
ion. And that was the combination of affairs he had to face «n Ho ir 
on the 28ch. On the^Oth, in event No. 4, he had hTrevenge Squad 
No 1 finished thus: Van Dyke :i, Edwards 10, Anthony II TJ ni o 
ii'dr^^rtoiunch';^' "^'^'^'^'^ oo^'in^; 
The "O.KSter Squad" was pretty nearly always sure to furnish one 
or more claimants for first and second money. Hood made a great 
t't*\? n*^® ^^'^^''^ ^^^' freaking 110 out of the last 120 he shot at 
rrJ- - 5- °*^-^^u*"l"'^''"°®°^'^^®^°st popular men at the shoot 
The bo.7s fairly hated to see him leave, and extracted a protnise f roni 
him that he'd be with them at their next shoot f'omihexrom 
At the close of the shoot on the last day Col. Anthony made a short 
speech, tendering a vots of thanks to the home club on behalf c^ nl 
guests. When he had finished he called for three chelrs forVhl 
West End Gun Club, and ic was astonishing t^hear whit a noisi 
voices, hoarse from calling "Pull," could make when thereVas a 
worchy use for them. "j^bio was a 
One of the pleasant features of this tournament for us was the an- 
quaintance we made with Comrade Walls, a veteran Confederate fol- 
S^'J?" V?i '^"^""^^ °* Richmond Soldiers' Home. Many years 
ago Mr. Walls was a correspondent of Forest and Stream ani wroti 
an excellent series of articles on "Camp-hunting in Florida ''^1,11. 
wf,r' "^^^ qualified by experiaace to treat of in thit'manner" 
Mr Walls was an mterested spectator at the shoot on both davs 
^Messrs. Moorm-.n and Scott came from Lynchburg to reoresenr 
that city's gun club An unfortunate chain of circumstauc^es ore- 
vented the presence of Col. Terry and Mr. Dornan. Mr Moormin 
had the bad luck to break his gun on the first day, and in the flm 
event, but he never whunpered, sticking it out co the end, and usins 
strange giins all the time. Mr. Scott found "the cedars" to the rteh^ 
too much tor him on many occasions, and failed to come anTwhlre 
near his true form at targets. ^ wuere 
VVagner and Mattuagley ran over from Washington, D. C, and shot 
all through the programme. Billy shot consistemiy in the flxm siven 
eventsonthe first day and then fell from grace ?n the last three 
Mattingley evinced a strong affection for the 12-hole on the first dfv 
but was fickle enough to switch off on to the 13-hole durine the^P-^n/H 
day s shoot They finished close together in th^^S averages 
Maitingley beating Wagner by 3 breaks in the 300 target* ^^'^'^^Ses, 
K. Powers shot "for birds" in Nos. 1, 2 and 3 on the second dav nn^ 
came out with two 13s and one 14, an average of 83 8 ^^y^ ^nd 
W. H. Colquitt does not shoot as well as he used to, but he manaa-ed 
to get m a straight on the last day. ' managed 
Ferd Van Dyke was No. 1 m No. 1 squad, and was No 1 in tim t<,y,\c. 
of general averages for the two days.^ This ought to be enoulh for 
any man, and we understand that Ferd was satisfied, but would stW 
like to know "How m c hunder that target, e tc." Edward Banks 
Saccarappa Gun Club. 
Westbrook, Me., April 24.— First regular shoot of the Saccarannn 
Gun Cluo took place to-day, and, taough ihe weather waseZd 
small scores were made, as members nave done no shootine- at th.1 
trap since last fall, and were therefore out of practice Therp ia 
better material in the country iban we have here ro make good tran 
shooters, and before the se'won is gone some eood scores wtllTe 
us at the interstate shoot at Lewis- 
made. You will also hear from 
ton, Aug 4 and 5: 
Events: x 2 
Birds: 10 ^0 
S F Hopkinson , 7 4 
R O Boothhy , 9 3 
E T Mayberry... g 7 
I Farrar 5 7 
WBBoothby.... ...... ........4../, 5 8 
VDWard g g 
F Hopkinson ,,, ,,,, e 6 
G H Waterhouse... 5 8 
3 
10 
10 
6 
8 
7 
8 
6 
7 
6 
4 
10 
9 
5 
6 
4 
7 
Shot at. Broke. 
40 
40 
40 
40 
46 
30 
30 
40 
30 
23 
27 
23 
28 
20 
19 
19 
E. G. Maybkrry, Sec'y. 
Auburn Gun Club. 
AirauaN, Me, April 25 -The Auburn Gun Club was started this 
sprmg with a smalt membership, but lots of enthusiasm The av^r 
age amount of room is around the flying targets when shot at at 
score of some ot the shooters proves, but as we are all green at \\1 
bu-siness, we hope for better results before fall. Tne first ^hnnr -,1... 
held April 22 at forty-five birds, and the score wa,s as folTow^^- 
F Francis loiitonouiooiiiiionipiouioooioiooindoiii-sfi 
P Barker lOipoiOOlUOllllOIlOOOIllOlOOUlOOOl 010111 i 
L Barker lOlOlOOOllOJOOJOlUluiOlllliiOOOloIoioffio lj 
HPleccher OOCOOOOJin010101011100010l00100010inoSlZ|1 
ACUshman OlCOUOlOllulOllOlOUloluOOOOnoiOi 
L White oicoioiooooioooooiooiuioiutoooooioooioooiooo 1-5 
C Conner OOCOOlO '10000l011000000001(X)OOOOiOloSoion~n 
Conner says he 13 going to have a gun made on the Vena Contraota 
plan, only have the barrel reversed, and call it the Vena EsnanSA 
better ^Ihtoat"^^ ^'^ ^""^ birds any 
* C, E, C. 
